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PAK vs AUS 2nd T20 Dream11 Team Prediction, Probable XI: Preview

By Tanmay Kumar

Welcome to our preview of the 2nd match of the T20 tri-series between Pakistan and Australia. We are covering PAK vs AUS 2nd T20 Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable XI for the match.

Number one T20I side Pakistan kicked-off their journey with an impressive victory over hosts Zimbabwe. Now they are up against a struggling Australian side within 24 hours. Interestingly Australia is also on number 3 in the ICC rankings while playing less number of matches.

The start for Pakistan wasn’t that great as they lost 3 wickets in first 10 overs. But Fakhar Zaman stayed in the middle and built a solid base for the middle order batsman. After that Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali done the late firing job and taken Pakistan to 182. On the bowling front, Zimbabwe’s batsman has no answer to Pakistan’s world-class bowling and they were all-out for 108 runs.

Australia will leave no stones unturned to get back into the winning ways and the shortest format of the game provides them the opportunity to do the same. After there miserable series defeat in England this series is going be a tough test for skipper Aaron Finch and coach Justin Langer.

When and Where:

PAK vs AUS 2nd T20I, 2nd Jul 2018
Harare Sports Club, Harare
1:30 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Average 1st Inns scores: 154
Average 2nd Inns scores: 130

Squads:

Pakistan:
Sarfraz Ahmed (c and wk), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Sahibzada Farhan

Australia:
Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (vc and wk), Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack Wildermuth

Team News:

PAK:

Pakistan has given rest to Mohammad Amir as a precautionary step to save him from any serious injury. As there will be a lot of matches in near future and Amir has to play a key role in those series. So you can expect Amir to miss more matches of this series.

AUS:

There are no changes in the Australian squad from the last T20I match they played against England.
Skipper Aaron Finch has said in the pre-match interview that “Everyone here is going to get a chance, maybe tomorrow or maybe down the track.” So, it highly unlikely that they are going to experiment too much in the first match.

Probable Playing XI:

Pakistan:

Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Hussain Talat, Sarfraz Ahmed (c and wk), Asif Ali, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan.

Australia:

Aaron Finch (c), D’Arcy Short, Travis Head, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Ashton Agar, Andrew Tye, Mitchell Swepson, Jhye Richardson/Kane Richardson, Billy Stanlake